MANILA, Philippines — A video allegedly showing Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos inhaling a white powder has been denounced as "fake" and "malicious", with investigators on Tuesday presenting close-up images of his ear to prove it was not him. The clip featuring a dark-haired man was part of a video shown at a rally in Los Angeles that was organised by a political group linked to Marcos's predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. Their video is fake and obviously not real," Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Monday, after the video went viral on social media. Police forensic experts held a news conference on Tuesday to prove the man in the video was not the president, presenting photos of Marcos and the unidentified man to compare their facial features. Duterte and Marcos have accused each other of being drug addicts, although neither man has offered proof of their allegations.
